Kent's Commentary on International Law: Revised with Notes and Cases Brought Down to the Present TimeDeighton, Bell, and Company, 1866 - 484 páginas |
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... , the , 114 Livingston and Gilchrist v . Mar. Ins . Co. 401 Livingston v . Maryland Ins . Co. 218 Lord v . Colvin , 220 Luke v . Lyde , 347 Lundy's Case , 126 M. McConnell v . Hector , 217 McDonough v . INDEX OF CASES . xvii.
... , the , 114 Livingston and Gilchrist v . Mar. Ins . Co. 401 Livingston v . Maryland Ins . Co. 218 Lord v . Colvin , 220 Luke v . Lyde , 347 Lundy's Case , 126 M. McConnell v . Hector , 217 McDonough v . INDEX OF CASES . xvii.
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... Lord Stowell's words , " a great part of the Law of Nations stands on no other foundation than that of usage and practice1 , " another and not unimport- ant part consists of the express contracts of nations with each other . rules ...
... Lord Stowell's words , " a great part of the Law of Nations stands on no other foundation than that of usage and practice1 , " another and not unimport- ant part consists of the express contracts of nations with each other . rules ...
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... Lord Coke ' held , that an alliance for mutual defence was unlawful between Christians and infidels or idolaters : Grotius was very cautious as to the admission of the law- fulness of alliances with infidels , having no doubt that all ...
... Lord Coke ' held , that an alliance for mutual defence was unlawful between Christians and infidels or idolaters : Grotius was very cautious as to the admission of the law- fulness of alliances with infidels , having no doubt that all ...
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... Lord Coke considered the law in his day to be , that if an ambassador committed any crime which was contra jus gentium , he lost his privilege and dignity as an ambassador , being punishable as any other private alien , and that he was ...
... Lord Coke considered the law in his day to be , that if an ambassador committed any crime which was contra jus gentium , he lost his privilege and dignity as an ambassador , being punishable as any other private alien , and that he was ...
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... Lord Bacon's works first suggested to Grotius the idea Grotius . of reducing the law of nations to the certainty and pre- cision of a regular science . But Grotius has himself ex- plained the reasons which led him to undertake his neces ...
... Lord Bacon's works first suggested to Grotius the idea Grotius . of reducing the law of nations to the certainty and pre- cision of a regular science . But Grotius has himself ex- plained the reasons which led him to undertake his neces ...
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Página 363 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 299 - ... vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one-half to the use of the informer and the other half to the use of the United States.
Página 392 - That the penalty for the violent contravention of this right is the confiscation of the property so withheld from visitation and search. For the proof of this I need only refer to Vattel, one of the most correct and certainly not the least indulgent of modern professors of public law.
Página 166 - Government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.
Página 299 - States, fits out and arms, or attempts to fit out and arm, or procures to be fitted out and armed, or knowingly is concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming, of any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people...
Página 114 - The maritime territory of every State extends to the ports, harbours, bays, mouths of rivers, and adjacent parts of the sea inclosed by headlands belonging to -the same State. The general usage of nations superadds to this extent of territorial jurisdiction a distance of a marine league, or as far as a cannon-shot will reach from the shore along all the coasts of the State.
Página 456 - ... therein, and for regulating the fees to be taken by the officers of the courts, and the costs, charges, and expenses to be allowed to the practitioners therein.
Página 193 - Wars, they shall be attached without harm of body or goods, until it be known unto us , or our Chief Justice, how our Merchants be intreated there in the land making War against us; and if our Merchants be well intreated there, theirs shall be likewise with us.
Página 425 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Página 464 - In any such action the defendant may plead generally that the act or thing complained of was done or omitted by him when...